London, 9 Jun – Three Iranian creatives have started three-year jail terms this week. Yousef Emadi, 35, and brothers Mehdi and Hossein Rajabian, 26 and 31, were found guilty in 2015 of “insulting Islamic sanctities”, “spreading propaganda against the system” and “illegal audio-visual activities” in relation to distributing unlicensed music.
London 9 Jun – Iran’s government has released a new promotional video clip aimed at recruiting Afghan nationals to join the war in Syria in support of Bashar al-Assad’s regime.
The six-minute clip was produced and broadcast by the state television channel Ofogh TV (www.ofoghtv.ir). Other state broadcasters such as the IRGC-affiliated FARS news agency have carried the video.
A notorious prosecutor for the Iranian regime’s Golestan Province in northern Iran has threatened imprisonment and flogging for anyone breaking the fast of Ramadan.
Mostafa Haghi gave a statement to the state-run news agency, Mehr, on 5 June, announcing that brutal punishments will befall anyone breaking the fast during daylight hours.
Roughly 60 percent of industrial and manufacturing units have been closed in Gachsaran, southwestern Iran; putting the majority of their employees out of work.
The city of Gachsaran produces 30 percent of all the oil in Iran; a major contributor to the country’s wealth. It’s the fifth-largest producer of oil and the second-largest producer of gas in Iran.
Seven prisoners in Mashhad, Shiraz and Tehran have been executed in the past three days according to reports from the Iranian regime’s news agency.
On Tuesday 7 June, the Rokna website announced that three men, aged 30, 35 and 40, had been hanged on Monday, in the central prison of Mashhad. The names of the men, who were sentenced by the so-called Revolutionary Court in Mashhad, north-east Iran, and the nature of their crime is unknown.
At least eight young people have been arrested by the regime’s Ministry of Intelligence and Security (MOIS) in the Iranian cities of Mahabad and Bukan.
On May 30, two Sunni brothers, Ali and Farooq Mavot were arrested in their home by MOIS agents who beat them before transferring them to an unknown location. Ali was previously arrested in 2012 for his religious activities and spent three years in prison.
The Iranian Regime’s Cyber Police (FATA) have arrested two young Iranians for publishing cartoons of the regime officials.
On June 1, the state-run Jam News website reported that the FATA had arrested two people, aged 30 and 31, for publishing cartoons of the regime officials on the internet.
Residents in Ahwaz, a city in Iran’s south-western province of Khuzestan are protesting the regime’s attempt to divert water from the River Karoun.
The protesters formed a human chain in front of the Choubi Park across from Street 17 in Kianpars region.
Over the past three years, Saudi Arabia has arrested 32 spies who had had links to Iranian intelligence services.
Of those arrested, 30 were Saudis, one was Iranian and one was an Afghan; according to a report in the Saudi daily newspaper, Okaz.
The mullahs’ regime is using Ramadan as its excuse to crackdown on so-called ‘morality crimes’, stating that they want to preserve public security and composure.
The security forces issued a statement emphasising the need to adhere to strict moral codes, avoid displaying a breach of fasting or create noise pollution.
